BELIEVABLE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does believable mean? 

• BELIEVABLE (adjective)
  The adjective BELIEVABLE has 1 sense:

1. capable of being believed

  Familiarity information: BELIEVABLE used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BELIEVABLE (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Capable of being believed

Synonyms:

believable; credible

Context example:

credible information

Similar:

likely (within the realm of credibility)

presumptive (affording reasonable grounds for belief or acceptance)

Also:

plausible (apparently reasonable and credible, and therefore convincing)

thinkable (capable of being conceived or imagined or considered)

Attribute:

believability; credibility; credibleness (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)

Derivation:

believability (the quality of being believable or trustworthy)

believe (accept as true; take to be true)

believe (credit with veracity)

 Context examples 

Richard De Kerbrech, who wrote several books documenting the accident, said Molony's proposal the fire severely weakened the ship's structure is believable.

(UK documentary claims fire weakened RMS Titanic, Wikinews)